Wanda Mihuleac Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1946 -

Wanda Mihuleac is an established painter whose work has enjoyed international exposure. A Franco-Romanian artist living in Paris, her work is entirely poetry-oriented and inspired. Her mixed-media paintings are often inspired by a single poet or single piece of poetry. Her work is dynamic, bold and decidedly avant-garde.

Since her teenage years, she used art as means of emancipation from her family. When studying art in Bucharest, she specialized in etching and graphic design for advertising. Later, she became interested in deconstructionism during her MPhil at the Sorbonne. Mihuleac founded a publishing house upon her arrival in France after receiving a publication request for a book on the texts of Jacques Derrida.

Mihuleac's work centers on four main themes: the wall, mirror, writing and skin. These themes are explored using rich materials (leather, cloths etc.) and various mastered techniques (etching, enhanced by digital manipulation; hyper-realistic drawing; oil painting and photography). The artist has also collaborated with writers, such as Fernando Arrabal. Well before her involvement in publishing, Mihuleac's artistic work has always been linked to the word, language and texts, specifically poetry. Although her art is often linked to imagery and light, there is also a continuous dialogue between the text and language as well as their potential to make an image.
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Mihuleac's artistic career began when she was very young, representing Romania at the 1972 Biennale of Venice and the Biennale of Paris several years later. Since then, she has been exhibiting her work regularly around the world, in galleries as well as international fairs.